UCLA claims to promote diversity, but the existing policies and campus climate do not reflect this effort. Not having a diversity requirement prevents constructive dialogue between students and faculties with different backgrounds and values, which lead to misunderstandings and conflicts. The university cannot claim diversity only in its population count. The university have to create a space for students to discuss differences and take ownership of their education. Morever, Expected Cummulative Progress (ECP) check every quarter makes it extremely difficult for students from historically underrepresented background to balance UCLA academic rigor and personal life. Many have to work multiple jobs in order to pay for their classes or non-traditional students may have families to care for. ECP punishes instead of helping students. To this day, students of color remain underrepresented and underserved in the pursuit of higher education. In recognizing the needs, students themselves have taken the initiative to address the disparities that the university continues to ignore. Through student-initiated programming and their dedication to bridging the educational institution and the larger community, students have been the main active agents in promoting campus diversity. Despite the lack of administrative support and sufficient funding, students continue to advocate for community representation on a campus that has proven time and time again to be hostile to their objectives.

Students of color depend mostly on campus facilities to carry out their meetings, practices, and programs. However, it is increasingly costly and difficult to go through the bureaucratic system in order to hold an event that advocate for and bring diversity to UCLA. Unlike student groups with private property off campus, students of color have to compete amongst each other for spaces on campus. According to the Brailsford and Dunlevay report, there is a 35,000 to 50,000 gross square foot gap in demand and supply in the Student Activity Center. As a result, students were forced to seek other spaces such as the parking structures, the food court in Ackerman Union, intramural fields, and other unconventional areas to conduct meetings and rehearsal. There is an abundance of spaces on the campus but many students of colors lack access to the different spaces available.

Similar to the real world outside of UCLA, when communities have population that occupy overlapping spaces, they tend to compete for resources which lead to conflict amongst the groups. Thus, the first step is for students leaders from each mother organizations to come together as a coalition to discuss each other’s community needs and challenges and at the same time collectively meet key point people from UCLA administration to improve the current situation regarding spaces and facilities. It is important for student leaders from different communities to meet because a collective voice will have a larger impact than one community. By sharing resources, political and cultural capital, different communities will get what they all deserve.

In its current state, for a student group to book a facility, it has to go to various sites to secure a venue. Attached is a list of facilities and contacts in the current system. With a bad lottery time, these student groups receive no facilities or if they do, they are assigned classrooms far in various directions of the the campus for their event in the quarter. The current system is not supportive of students activities. In addition, some venue costs more than others to use. For example, the LA Tennis Court cost about $50 but Royce patio for a one night reception can cost up to $2000.